From Wikipedia.
This is the second ship Lawrence Rousseau served on after he was on the USS Erie.
The USS Jefferson was a 117-foot long brig with a crew of 160 mounting sixteen 42-pdr. carronades and four 24-pdr. long guns.
It was built at Sackets Harbor for service in Commodore Isaac Chauncey's fleet on Lake Ontario. It was launched 7 April 1814, and manned by the crew of the USS Erie which was laid up in Baltimore because of the British blockade there. Its commander was Charles G. Ridgeley (Ridgely) who also commanded the Erie.
Most of its guns were not yet at Sackets Harbor when the British fleet arrived offshore on 19 May and started their blockade.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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